The main difference between ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid rheumatoid arthritis is that there is a difference between the site of onset, the incidence of the population and the cause of the disease.
1. Site of onset: Ankylosing spondylitis patients develop mainly in the central axis joints and large joints of the limbs, manifested as inflammatory back pain; rheumatoid arthritis develops mainly in the small joints, manifested as joint swelling and pain.
2. The incidence of the population: ankylosing spondylitis patients, the incidence of the population is mainly young men; rheumatoid patients to middle-aged women.
3. Causes: The main causes of ankylosing spondylitis are related to genetic factors, infectious factors and immune factors. The main cause of rheumatoid arthritis is related to immune factors, and the immune inflammatory factor in the patient’s body is higher than that in normal people, which means that immune factors are involved in the occurrence and development of rheumatoid arthritis.
Both diseases belong to autoimmune diseases, the treatment cycle is long, and easy to recur, it is recommended that patients should pay great attention to the need to actively cooperate with the doctor treatment, so as to avoid delays in the condition.